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canetoad

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38. No

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 12:07 AM

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I've hesitated from posting this. trump has gone this far - do you really think there will be legitimate, honest mid-terms? I'm starting to doubt it.

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Time to call off all public mass protest till the midterms? [View all] orangecrush Sunday OP

NOPE. Next Saturday is a national protest. www.nokings.org and I will be there! OMGWTF Sunday #1

This! SheltieLover Sunday #28

No. Keep applying the pressure. lastlib Sunday #2

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! benpollard Sunday #3

Yes bdamomma Sunday #24

Has that ever worked in world history? newdeal2 Sunday #4

NO, now is the time to RAMP THEM UP! They want us scared and ready to quit! WE can't do that. Greybnk48 Sunday #5

Mass protests are our greatest grass roots strength. Everyone must go out in the streets June 14th. flashman13 Sunday #14

No Botany Sunday #6

Do Not Obey in Advance Nigrum Cattus Sunday #7

yes. Calling off June 14 would be obeying in advance Captain Zero Sunday #9

Power doesn't need an excuse. It will always find one. Act accordingly, in line with your values. WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #8

" Other forms of protest can be amped up." WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #10

NO! peggysue2 Sunday #11

Never bdamomma Sunday #25

No. Scrivener7 Sunday #12

quite a range of opinion on this. everything from 'pedal to the metal' to ... stopdiggin Sunday #13

Give in to Trump and he wants more. There's no satisfying his quest for power. dem4decades Sunday #15

We've been giving in to him and look where we are! You are right..he has an insatiable desire for power Deuxcents Sunday #34

No way. Submission isn't the way to go. David__77 Sunday #16

It's time to do more fluid & flexible mass demonstrations & not have big targets. elocs Sunday #17

Nope chowmama Sunday #18

NOOOOOOO!!! Wuddles440 Sunday #19

I'm not sure about the protests but I'd love to see some of the panic and melodrama on the forum called off. BannonsLiver Sunday #20

Thanks orangecrush Sunday #21

Good Gawd, NO. It's just more bending the knee. GoCubsGo Sunday #22

And he bdamomma Sunday #29

Obedience in advance is not the answer. TomSlick Sunday #23

Absolutely! SheltieLover Sunday #27

Nope! SheltieLover Sunday #26

Absolutely not. Fuch trump. He can't deprive us of freedom of assembly. brush Sunday #30

Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020 Frasier Balzov Sunday #31

I'm with the no's. pandr32 Sunday #32

Hell no! William769 Sunday #33

Is suicide our most effective form of resistance? struggle4progress Sunday #35

Maybe just burn a few less cop cars? Break fewer windows? But double the number of people in the streets ... marble falls Sunday #36

NO. He will take this as an admission of defeat on our part. He is an extortionist, a bully, a thug... Hekate Monday #37

No canetoad Monday #38

I think it's cute you still believe there will be midterm elections. Especially if we back down now. mucholderthandirt Monday #39